Una muestra de kalam cristiano: Abu Qurra en la sección novena del Kitab muyadalat ma' al-mutakallimin al-muslimin fi maylis al-Jalifa al-Ma'mun

Abstract

In this paper, we translate and study the 9th section of the Kitab muyadalat ma' al-mutakallimin al-muslimin fi maylis al-Jalifa al-Ma'mun, atributed to Theodorus Abo Qurrah (c. 750-820), a Melkite from Edessa and later Bishop of Harran. This section includes a «debate» that occured between Abu Qurrah and the Caliph al-Ma'mun concerning the crucifixion of the Messiah, in which the Christian polemist applies and develops a series of apologetic and polemic discursive resources through he defends against the attacks of the Muslim author.